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This moving day was long overdue. For the last week or so, I have been planning the best way to simplify and streamline my writing and my social media experience. Many years ago, I decided to use BlueHost to handle my various sites. At that time, it was a good decision; the difference between free…
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I was working on a short essay earlier today about attending Orioles games as a child with my father at the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Near the end of the essay, I wrote: The silence we shared as we sat in the stands, two fans side by side as the orioles played, made me…
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Glen Miller Band plays “Chattanooga Choo Choo” in the background as I write… Several weeks ago, I was asked by fellow writer Jodi Cleghorn to join the Blog Train and share my work and writing process. I was unable to jump aboard and follow through with my best intentions at that time. Then, just last…
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I have just returned from one of the most powerful spiritual experiences in my life with Church of the Nativity, compared only to a late summer afternoon 23 years ago at Chesapeake Presbyterian Church in Calvert County, MD. At Chesapeake, we were running a summer camp for kids, and our theme for the entire week…
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Our classmate, Pat Doyle, has died. I didn’t receive the news from a call on my phone. Instead, I received it via status update, which scrolled across my screen like any other on my birthday as I thumbed through friends’ updates and birthday wishes. Wendy’s words were stuck somewhere between a meme about Mondays and…
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Like so many other citizens of Baltimore (and football followers across the country), I am nearly speechless about the incident involving Ray Rice and his fiancee, Janay Palmer. As of this evening, this much is known. Two complaint summons were filed with the Atlantic City Municipal Court on Feb. 15, 2014. In the first summons,…
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Saturday morning, January 25. I am working on my syllabi for the upcoming spring semester, feeling pretty good at what I have already accomplished. I pour another cup of coffee and begin to look ahead at what still has to be done. Still so much to do, so much. So much. At 11:32 a.m., I…
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The decision to open schools on time for many Baltimore-area systems (Frederick, Carroll, Howard, and Montgomery; Baltimore County had planned an on-time opening but delayed classes for two hours due to a “facilities heating issue”) caused an oft-heated debate via social media between parents, students, and community members. For full disclosure, I am a teacher…
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